Micronesia has a total land area about the size of the state of Rhode Island.
These were a series of laws designed to make American colonies more dependent on manufactured products from England. British authorities further enumerated a set of protected goods that could only be sold to British merchants, including sugar, tobacco, cotton, indigo, furs and iron.
Yes it is true he did want to make a independent country
Since you provide no options, That could be considered an economic Benefit. Using require materials will lead to using less money for the expenditure, which later on could be allocated to fund a more important/pressing matter such as welfare.
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